Sa'd reported that the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) bestow- ed (some gifts) upon a group of people and I was sitting amongst them. The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam), however, left a person and he did not give him any. thing. and he seemed to me the most excellent among them (and thus deserved the gifts more than anyone else). So I stood up before the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and said to him in undertone: Messenger of Allaah, what obout so and so? By Allaah, I find him a believer. He (the Messenger of Allaah) said: He may be a Muslim. I kept quiet for a short while, and then what I knew of him urged me (to plead his case again) and I said: Messenger of Allaah, what about so and so? By Allaah, I find him a believer. Upon this he (the Prophet) said: He may, be a Muslim. I again remained quiet for a short while, and what I knew of him again urged me (to plead his case so I) said: Messenger of Allaah, what about so and so? By Allaah, I find him a believer. Upon this he (the Prophet) said: He may be a Muslim. I often bestow (something) upon a person, whereas someone else is dearer to me than he, because of the fear that he may fall headling into the fire. And in the hadith transmitted by Hulwani this statement was repeated twice.
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